Apple has officially announced the next version of the operating system for its mobile devices at its Worldwide Developers Conference today. iOS 6 will be rolled out to the iPhone, iPad, iPad touch, and Apple TV this fall. But the beta is available to developers today. The newest version of iOS boasts over 200 new [...]
Apple has just pulled the lid off its new next generation MacBook Pro at its World Wide Developers Conference. The new model features a retina display and measures in at a thin 0.71 inches thick. Most of the thinness is due to the removal of the optical drive. It is also the lightest Pro laptop released by [...]
After much anticipation Samsung has just announced its newest flagship phone, the Galaxy S III, in London. The phone has a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display at 720p resolution, a 8-megapixel primary and 1.9-megapixel front-facing cameras that start up in 990ms, 16 or 32GB of storage, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, and a 2,100mAh battery. As rumored the device is also powered by the [...]
Research in Motion showed off its new phone OS called Blackberry 10 today in Orlando. The maker of Blackberry phones and tablets is hoping their new OS will help bring them back to relevance. Blackberry 10 (formally known as BBX) puts emphasis on ”glanceable” information (much like Windows Phone tiles). One of the things that RIM addressed [...]
Barnes & Noble has announced a ”strategic partnership” on e-reading with Microsoft today. The partnership is focused on spinning off the Nook business into a separate B&N subsidiary. No name has been decided for the new subsidiary but Microsoft will be investing $300 million for a 17.6 percent stake in the venture. As a by-product of the investment [...]
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Today is a big day for Samsung. The South Korean company released fantastic numbers in its Q1 report, yet interestingly it didn’t mention an even greater achievement. According to research firm Strategy Analytics Samsung just surpassed Nokia as the biggest phone maker in the world. This quarter Samsung shipped 93.5 million handsets (44.5 million were smartphones) while [...]
Samsung once again seems a little too eager about their upcoming May 3rd phone event. The company released information on the chip to power the next Galaxy S phone. Its called the ”Exynos 4 Quad” and will run at 1.4GHz per core. The chip is based on ARM Cortex A9 architecture and has advanced power management features. The Exynos 4 Quad will be [...]
Google and Oracle’s current legal battle has unearthed some very interesting pictures. Apparently in 2006 (two years before the release of the T-Mobile G1) Google pitched the “Google Phone” (shown above) to carriers. Google seems to have concentrated its efforts on getting T-Mobile on board. Slides emphasize how Google’s expertise combined with T-Mobile’s unlimited data plan [...]
Did you miss out on all the tech news from this week? Yes….then don’t worry. The Technolon Podcast (yes it has been a while) will catch you right up. And you will have a lot of fun in the process. Available for download right here. So enjoy! Download MP3
Apple has just announced the dates for this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Things will kick off on June 11th and go to June 15th. WWDC typically is composed of developer sessions along with a keynote address from Apple itself. We expect this year to be no different. Tickets for the whole week can be purchased starting today [...]
Well folks the mythical Google Drive is now officially launching. Google has confirmed most of the previous rumours about the service. Users get 5GB of free storage space for documents, videos, photos, PDFs and other files. If you desire more space you can simply upgrade to 25GB for $2.49 a month, 100GB for $4.99 a month, or [...]
Samsung’s support pages are now showing the phones on US carriers set to receive an upgrade to Android 4.0. On AT&T, the Galaxy S II, Galaxy S II Skyrocket, Captivate Glide, Galaxy Note, Nexus S, and Galaxy Tab 8.9 will all be upgraded. On Verizon the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 7.7 will be upgraded. On Sprint the [...]
Microsoft has hinted at a desktop app for Skydrive for sometime now. Now it seems that time is finally upon us. A preview copy of SkyDrive for Windows (Windows 7, 8, and Vista) is now availalbe for download in 106 different languages. Microsoft has also taken the cover off a preview copy of app for Mac OS [...]
Samsung is continuing to raise the hype ahead of their announcement for the next Galaxy S phone on May 3rd. Today’s hype comes from a teaser video that dares watchers to ”stand out from everyone else.” It seems that this “everyone else” are sheep….iSheep that is. In regular Samsung fashion the video provides little other information. We don’t even get [...]
When AT&T stores ran out of Lumia 900s last week it was hard to tell if it was due to popularity or AT&T wanting to play it safe and wait till Nokia rolled out the patch for connectivity issues. But according to Nokia spokeswoman Karen Lachtanski the phones are really sold out due to popular demand. She [...]
A trusted source close to Microsoft confided some very disappointing information to The Verge. According to the source current Windows Phone devices running Mango will not be able to upgrade to Apollo when it is released. Microsft replied to the report with the vague statement, ”We have stated publicly that all apps in our Marketplace today will run on the [...]
Fresh details are beginning to emerge about the Windows 8 ultrabook hybrid that Intel showed off at its Developer Forum. Intel is now referring to the device as the Cove Point (instead of the Letexo). The Cove Point has an Ivy Bridge processor, 12.5-inch display, two USB 3.0 ports and an HDMI port. Intel is still mute on when we could see [...]
Microsoft has announced the names for all the versions of its upcoming Windows 8 OS. The most interest is Microsoft’s name for the version running on ARM processors. The version of Windows 8 that runs on ARM will be called Windows RT. It will join its older brothers Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, and Windows [...]
The rumor mill is continuing to buzz about Google’s cloud storage service, Google Drive. The Next Web is reporting that Google Drive will launch next week with 5 GB of free cloud storage. This follows pretty closely with other reports that spoke of a April launch. The Next Web also claims that Google Drive will work with desktop folders on both Windows [...]
Author: Noah Shearer